The Recipe

In this episode, Theo is joined by the legendary Rick Stein, one of Britain's most celebrated chefs and broadcasters who transformed how the nation cooks and eats seafood and has spent decades championing dayboat catches, exploring vibrant food cultures across the globe, and proving that great cooking starts with exceptional ingredients.
From his early days opening a nightclub in Padstow in 1974 that got closed down by the police for too many late night fights to being left with just one restaurant licence and reluctantly opening the Seafood Restaurant without ever wanting to be a chef, Rick's journey is a testament to the transformative power of resilience, creativity, and cooking with instinct.
With over 30 television series, restaurants spanning Cornwall to Australia, 25 years of the Padstow Cookery School that throws people in at the deep end with brilliant fresh fish, and his latest cookbook Rick Stein's Cookery Course that celebrates techniques, simplicity, and the belief that most people can become good cooks if given the right push in the right direction, Rick represents a generation of chefs who celebrate bold flavours, accessible home cooking, and the emotional connection we have with the dishes that define us.
Rick prepares his beloved Devilled Kidneys with Mushrooms, a classic British dish that beautifully encapsulates his cooking philosophy of maximum flavour with minimum fuss and speaks of nostalgia, simplicity, and the soul of British pub food done properly.
You can find Rick's full Devilled Kidneys recipe on the Filippo Berio website at www.filippoberio.co.uk/theo, and be sure to check out his latest cookbook Rick Stein's Cookery Course for more accessible, flavour packed recipes that celebrate techniques, simplicity, and the belief that great cooking is about trusting your instinct.
The Recipe podcast is hosted by Theo Randall, Chef Patron at the Theo Randall Cucina Italiana. In each episode we meet a special guest who loves food, and they'll tell us all about their favourite recipe as we celebrate the stories behind the dishes that define us.
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In this episode, Theo is joined by the brilliant Dawn O'Porter, the bestselling author, broadcaster, and humanitarian whose work spans culture defining television documentaries to Sunday Times bestselling novels and whose emotional connection to food has shaped her entire life.
With ten books including her latest memoir Hungry Eyes: A Memoir of Appetite, Ambition and the Odd Bag of Wotsits for Dinner, a near win on Celebrity MasterChef where she poured her heart into every dish and sobbed when she didn't hear her name called as the winner, and Choose Love, the charity she co founded over a boozy Sunday lunch that has now raised close to 150 million pounds for refugees worldwide, Dawn represents a generation of cooks who celebrate bold flavours, accessible home cooking, and the belief that food is the greatest way to bring people together and build a life filled with love and memory.
Dawn prepares her beloved Chicken in Vermouth with Chorizo, a glamorous grown up version of her childhood favourite chicken in white wine sauce out of a tin that she would eat sitting on the floor with Uncle Ben's rice and a thick layer of salt, a dish that beautifully encapsulates her cooking philosophy of maximum flavour with minimum fuss and speaks of nostalgia, family, and the emotional connection we have with the dishes that define us.
You can find Dawn’s full recipe on the Filippo Berio website at www.filippoberio.co.uk/theo, and be sure to check out her new book Hungry Eyes: A Memoir of Appetite, Ambition and the Odd Bag of Wotsits for Dinner available now in bookstores.
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In this episode, Theo is joined by the legendary Michel Roux Jr, a true giant of modern gastronomy, the chef patron and broadcaster who spent three decades leading the iconic two Michelin star Le Gavroche and has helped shape the way Britain cooks and eats. From growing up in a household where fresh vegetables were grown in the garden and rabbits became dinner by Tuesday to training with Alain Chapel, the most respected chef in France during his heyday, taking over Le Gavroche in 1991 and navigating the weight of a family legacy that never quite let go, Michel's journey is a testament to the transformative power of resilience, creativity, and cooking with purpose.
With 43 years of the Roux Scholarship nurturing the next generation of British culinary talent, decades presenting MasterChef the Professionals, and the difficult decision to close Le Gavroche in 2024 after 57 years to regain control of his life, Michel represents a generation of chefs who celebrate precision, hospitality, and the belief that great food should make people feel immediately at ease.
Michel prepares his beloved Oeufs à la Neige with Raspberry Compote (Floating Islands with Raspberry Compote), a classic French dessert of poached meringues floating on crème anglaise and covered in crunchy caramel that speaks of childhood, family, and the soul of French home cooking.
Throughout the episode, Michel shares his remarkable journey from growing up eating freshly cooked food with vegetables his father grew in the garden and animals reared for the table to spending two years training with Alain Chapel in Lyon where they served chicken tripe, frogs legs, and Japanese pancakes with ginger and soy sauce in the early 80s when France was pretty blinkered, officially taking over Le Gavroche in 91 but never really being allowed to let go because his father was always there omnipresent and having to say something, training Gordon Ramsay who remains to this day the most talented chef he remembers at Le Gavroche and was a gobby little so and so then and is still a gobby little so and so now, and why closing Le Gavroche in 2024 after it ruled his life for decades meant he finally regained control and could take Le Gavroche on tour where it listens to him not the other way around.
You can find Michel's full recipe on the Filippo Berio website at www.filippoberio.co.uk/theo, and be sure to check out his Le Gavroche at sea residencies with Cunard as he celebrates 60 years of Le Gavroche in 2027.
The Recipe podcast is hosted by Theo Randall, Chef Patron at the Theo Randall Cucina Italiana. In each episode we meet a special guest who loves food, and they'll tell us all about their favourite recipe as we celebrate the stories behind the dishes that define us.
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In this episode, Theo is joined by the brilliant Jacob Kenedy, the visionary chef, author, and restaurateur who revolutionised how London experiences regional Italian cuisine and transformed Archer Street into one of Soho's most legendary dining destinations.
From growing up with a grandmother who was a Hollywood starlet and lived through La Dolce Vita, to training at Moro and falling in love with cooking, spending his DJ years in San Francisco playing at underground clubs like the Enduck, and opening Bocca di Lupo in 2008 with an open kitchen, a bar that broke up the space, and a menu that celebrated the regional diversity of Italy's twenty distinct cuisines; Jacob's journey is a testament to the transformative power of resilience, creativity, and cooking with purpose.
Jacob prepares his beloved Spaghetti al Pomodoro, a dish that speaks of mother, home, and heart, and one he could eat every day.
Throughout the episode, Jacob shares his remarkable journey from spending a week at Moro during his gap year and falling in love with their kitchen, spending a year travelling around Italy with his then partner and discovering there is no such thing as Italian cuisine.
You can find Jacob’s full Pomodoro Simple Tomato Sauce & Spaghetti recipe on the Filippo Berio website at www.filippoberio.co.uk/theo, and be sure to check out his latest cookbook Pasta Tricolore: Recipes in Green, White and Red for more delicious recipes.
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In this episode, Theo is joined by the brilliant Poppy O'Toole, the Potato Queen herself, a Michelin trained chef who transformed a pandemic redundancy into a multi million follower empire and has spent the last few years demystifying fine dining techniques and teaching the internet how to make comfort food truly extraordinary. From growing up eating handfuls of roasted mince in her nan's kitchen and making mini roast dinners at five years old to becoming the potato maker at a fine dining restaurant inside a London bank, losing her job during lockdown, and gaining a million TikTok followers overnight with a video simply saying live, laugh, love potato, Poppy's journey is a testament to the transformative power of resilience, creativity, and cooking with instinct.
With over 4 million followers across social media, six bestselling cookbooks including her latest Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Batch Cookbook, and appearances on Saturday Kitchen and Junior MasterChef as a presenter judge, Poppy represents a generation of cooks who celebrate bold flavours, accessible home cooking, and the belief that anyone can cook if they trust their instinct and go for it.
Poppy prepares her beloved Supreme of Chicken with Potato Fondants, Smoky Hot Pan Sauce and Maple Glazed Corn, a dish inspired by her nan's experimental Chicken Maryland that she remembers eating as a child with banana, corn and chicken, wondering what on earth it was.
You can find Poppy's full Supreme of Chicken with Potato Fondants recipe on the Filippo Berio website at www.filippoberio.co.uk/theo, and be sure to check out her latest cookbook Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Batch Cookbook for more accessible, flavour packed recipes that celebrate convenience, comfort, and cooking with instinct.
The Recipe podcast is hosted by Theo Randall, Chef Patron at the Theo Randall Cucina Italiana. In each episode we meet a special guest who loves food, and they'll tell us all about their favourite recipe as we celebrate the stories behind the dishes that define us.
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